Siemens S7-1200 System Manual page 4

Preface
Documentation and information
S7-1200 and STEP 7 provide a variety of documentation and other resources for finding the
technical information that you require.
● The S7-1200 system manual provides specific information about the operation,
programming, and the specifications for the complete S7-1200 product family. In addition
to the system manual, the S7-1200 Easy Book provides a more general overview to the
capabilities of the S7-1200 family.
Both the system manual and the Easy Book are available as electronic (PDF) manuals.
The electronic manuals can be downloaded from the customer support web site and can
also be found on the documentation disk that ships with every S7-1200 CPU.
● The online STEP 7 information system provides immediate access to the conceptual
information and specific instructions that describe the operation and functionality of the
programming package and basic operation of SIMATIC CPUs.
● My Documentation Manager accesses the electronic (PDF) versions of the SIMATIC
documentation set, including the system manual, the Easy Book, and the STEP 7
information system. With My Documentation Manager, you can drag and drop topics from
various documents to create your own custom manual.
The customer support entry portal (http://support.automation.siemens.com) provides a
link to My Documentation Manager under mySupport.
● The customer support web site also provides podcasts, FAQs, and other helpful
documents for S7-1200 and STEP 7. The podcasts utilize short educational video
presentations that focus on specific features or scenarios in order to demonstrate the
interactions, convenience, and efficiency provided by STEP 7. Visit the following web
sites to access the collection of podcasts:
– STEP 7 Basic web page
– STEP 7 Professional web page
● You can also follow or join product discussions on the Service & Support technical forum
(https://www.automation.siemens.com/WW/forum/guests/Conferences.aspx?Language=e
n&siteid=csius&treeLang=en&groupid=4000002&extranet=standard&viewreg=WW&nodei
d0=34612486). These forums allow you to interact with various product experts.
– Forum for S7-1200
– Forum for STEP 7 Basic
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LastPostDate&SortOrder=Descending&ForumID=258&Language=en&onlyInternet=Fa
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S7-1200 Programmable controller
System Manual, 03/2014, A5E02486680-AG